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NASA Wants to Build a Space Mechanic Robot

Dec 10, 2016 03:20 AM EST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently launched a project that will develop and create a robot spacecraft that will act as sort of space mechanic which can perform repairs on satellites while in orbit.

SpaceX rocket Falcon 9 sits on Pad 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Titusville, Florida.

NASA Picks SpaceX to Taxi Astronauts to The International Space Station

Marie de Vera |

Nov 24, 2015 12:49 PM EST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Monday that it will allow Space X to ferry astronauts from Earth to the International Space Station within the next couple of years. NASA said that it has ordered the first, and only, commercial space crew mission from SpaceX.

Is it Possible to Send Humans to Pluto?

Marie de Vera |

Nov 24, 2015 12:33 PM EST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was ecstatic when the images of the first Pluto fly-by were being relayed back to Earth. Now that the monumental feat has been achieved, the agency is facing one of the biggest question yet; is it possible to send humans to Pluto?

Hubble Reveals Light of Dead Galaxies

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 31, 2014 07:46 AM EDT

Computer modeling suggests galaxies as large as the Milky Way are the most likely candidates as the origin of the drifting stars.

LRO has imaged the LADEE impact site on the eastern rim of Sundman V crater.

LRO Pictures Show LADEE's Impact Crater

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 29, 2014 04:48 PM EDT

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft has spotted a new crater on the surface of the moon, which was made by the impact of the agency's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission.

Lunar Volcanoes were Erupting when Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 15, 2014 03:07 AM EDT

Some of the unique rock deposit evidence seen by LRO could be as young as 100 million years.

The solar filament on the surface of the sun

SDO Monitors Giant Sun Filament

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 04, 2014 05:52 AM EDT

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has observed a gigantic filament on the surface of the sun over the course of several days.